One of three charged by MOCA over alleged $600 million fraud granted $1 million bail

One of the three people recently charged by the Major Organised Crime and Anti-Corruption Agency (MOCA) for allegedly defrauding several financial institutions of more than $600 million was today granted bail in the sum of $1 million.

Ivana Campbell, 29, an executive assistant of Cedar Grove, Portmore, St Catherine, appeared before the Kingston and St Andrew Parish Court on charges of breaches of the Proceeds of Crime Act, the Larceny Act, the Law Reform (Fraudulent Transactions) Act, as well as conspiracy to defraud at common law.

As part of her bail conditions, Campbell was ordered to surrender her travel documents, report regularly to the police, and have a stop order enforced at all ports of entry.

Campbell, who is being represented by attorney-at-law Samoi Campbell, is scheduled to return to court on February 4.

Her co-accused, Dwayne Potter, who was not brought before the court, is expected to appear at that time.

Meanwhile, 30-year-old medical doctor Chloe Douett, is scheduled to appear before the St Catherine Parish Court tomorrow.

Campbell and the other accused were charged following coordinated investigations by MOCA and the Financial Investigations Division into what investigators have described as a highly sophisticated fraud operation, allegedly carried out over an extended period and involving the use of forged and fraudulently obtained documents.

It is alleged that five financial institutions were fleeced of more than $600 million through a litany of fraudulent documents.

- Tanesha Mundle

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